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What Does it Mean to be a Good Man?

by Jon Holowaty | Apr 8, 2019 | Catholic Questions? Catholic Answers (by Jon)

When I think of the quintessential “righteous man,” I think of someone out of a Marvel comic book. The superhero stands erect, chest high, face lifted to the sky with courage and resolve. Or I imagine a Gandalf-looking figure –...

The Catholic Church as Herself

by Jon Holowaty | Jun 4, 2018 | Catholic Questions? Catholic Answers (by Jon)

Asking for feedback At the end of the school year, I gave a few of the older grades a survey to...

Being Angry with God

by Jon Holowaty | Mar 12, 2018 | Catholic Questions? Catholic Answers (by Jon), Find Your Way Home

Maybe “angry” is too strong a word. Maybe it’s more like: “Smoldering with quiet resentment towards God.” But in either case, what do you do when you realize that the difficult marriage you have, or the dead-end job you’re in, or the cancer diagnosis doesn’t amount to the “abundant life” you thought Jesus was promising?

Random Catholic Convert (Part One: Introduction)

by Jon Holowaty | Jan 29, 2018 | Catholic Questions? Catholic Answers (by Jon), Find Your Way Home

I think I’m finally at the point where I’m ready to explain how I got to being a random Catholic convert. I do this, if for no other reason, to express myself fully and definitively to friends and family who probably care. This is the most important decision I have ever made in my life, and to not blog about it would seem weird.

What the Blind Man Sees

by Jon Holowaty | Jan 15, 2018 | Catholic Questions? Catholic Answers (by Jon), Find Your Way Home

And He did not just say, “Be healed” or put his hand on the blind man’s eyes. He spat on some dirt on the ground and made a kind of clay. He smeared it on the blind man’s eyes and told him to go wash the clay off in a river. The man did what Jesus told him to do, and, lo and behold, he could see. But keep in mind, this man has never actually seen Jesus.